Appearing in "The Stars, My Desperation"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Captain Ramrog (First appearance)
- Astrogator Ghant (First appearance)
- Aldebron (First appearance)
- Sidereus (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Professor X
- Doctor Doom (Victor von Doom)
- ⏴ Vision ⏵
- ⏴ Giant-Man (Henry Pym) ⏵
- ⏴ Charter Federation ⏵
- Ambassador D'Melza (First appearance) (Death)
- Mr. Mduul (First appearance) (Death)
- Three million ambassadors and technicians aboard The Hub (Unnamed) (Death)
- Galactus (Mentioned)
- Votan (Mentioned)
- Lilandra
- Tana Nile
- Unnamed Skrulls
- The Nebulae
- Odin
- Grand Vizier
Races and Species:
- Arcturans (Death)
- Axi-Tun
- Humans
- Mutants
- Nanda
- M'Ndavians
- Cosmic Beings
- Zenn-Lavians
- Rigellians
- Shi'ar
- Skrulls
- The Nebulae
- Asgardians
- Korbinites
- Strontians
- Kree (Mentioned)
- Wraiths (Mentioned)
- Z'nox (Mentioned)
- Badoon (Mentioned)
- Xandarians (Mentioned)
- Celestials (Mentioned)
- Multiple other alien races
Locations:
- Arcturus IV (extinction of native species)
- Beta Reticulae star system (First appearance)
- Earth
- Asgard
Items:
Vehicles:
- The Hub (First appearance) (Mobile headquarters of the Charter)
- Silver Surfer's Surfboard
- Cosmic Commandos' Command Ship (First appearance)
Synopsis for "The Stars, My Desperation"
- Synopsis not yet written
Notes
- Although not specifically identified in this story, the member of The Nebulae who watched the faked message from Quasar was Cloud who was meant to later join the Star Masters team. However, plans changed and she only appeared in this issue.
- This issue is the first story in which the Axi-Tun appeared as a race since that name was first used in the entry for Humanoid Aliens that appeared in Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #5. That entry retroactively established that the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse from Giant-Size Fantastic Four #3 and the "Star-Gods" from Invaders #1 were members of the same, previously-unnamed humanoid race.
- Although Quasar, the Silver Surfer and Beta Ray Bill all agree to save Earth at the end of this issue, they do not formally become a team until the end of the second issue.